Elevated manganese (Mn) in drinking water has been reported worldwide. While, naturally occurring
Mn in groundwater is generally the major source, anthropogenic contamination by Mn-containing
fungicides such as mancozeb ...

Fieten, Karin; Kromhout, Hans; Heederik, Dick; van Wendel de Joode, Berna(Published by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and American Journal of Epidemiology, 2009-02-18)

A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2007 to evaluate the relation between pesticide exposure and respiratory health in a population of indigenous women in Costa Rica. Exposed women (n ¼ 69) all worked at plantain ...